Jeff Hughes (historian)

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Dr
Jeff Hughes
Born12 November 1965
Glanamman, Carmarthenshire
Died14 September 2018(2018-09-14) (aged 52)
Alma mater Jesus College, Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation Historian of Science
Employer University of Manchester
Organization International Academy of the History of Science
Known forHistory of nuclear physics, history of scientific networks, work connected with the Science Museum Group, chairing the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (2013)
Notable workThe Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb
OfficePresident of the British Society for the History of Science
Term2008 - 2009

Jeff Hughes was an historian of science based at the University of Manchester who researched physics, nuclear culture and scientific communities.

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Early life

Jeffrey Alan Hughes was born in 1965 in Glanamman, Carmarthenshire. [1]

Education

Hughes studied at Maesydderwen Comprehensive School in Ystradgynlais before attending Jesus College, Oxford as a chemistry undergraduate. He then went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge as a postgraduate and moved into the study of history of science. [1] He completed his PhD thesis, entitled Radioactivists: community, controversy and the rise of nuclear physics in 1993. [2] [3]

Career

Hughes was one of the first permanent members of staff at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester, where he began work in 1993. [4] His research concerned the political implications of nuclear research and the interactions of scientists with government departments. [5] He was awarded the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize by the History of Science Society in 2004 for his book The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb. [5]

Hughes was particularly well-known for his prominent role in history of science learned societies. He fostered links with the Science Museum Group. [1] He was the secretary of the British Society for the History of Science and then became its president in 2008. He chaired the International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine in 2013 and was a member of the International Academy of the History of Science. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sumner, James (2019). "Jeff Hughes". Science Museum Group Journal. 11 (11). doi: 10.15180/191109 . ISSN   2054-5770.
  2. ↑ "Jeff Hughes, 12 November 1965 - 14 September 2018". The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS). 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 Hughes, Jeff. Radioactivists: community, controversy and the rise of nuclear physics (Thesis).
  4. ↑ Burney, Ian. "Jeff Hughes". History of Science Society. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. 1 2 "(October 2018) Jeff Hughes, 12 November 1965 - 14 September 2018". European Society for the history of Science. 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Jeff (1 August 2016). Leggett, Don; Sleigh, Charlotte (eds.). Mugwumps? The Royal Society and the governance of post-war British science. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719090981.001.0001. ISBN   9781526115133.
  7. ↑ Hughes, Jeff (2012). "What is British nuclear culture? Understanding Uranium 235" . The British Journal for the History of Science. 45 (4): 495–518. doi:10.1017/S0007087412001021. ISSN   0007-0874. S2CID   145270207.
  8. ↑ Hughes, Jeff (2003). The Manhattan Project: Big Science and the Atom Bomb. Columbia University Press. ISBN   9780231131520.
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